Richard Sloan from the University of Michigan was first to document what is referred to as the "accrual anomaly". His 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones.
Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.99%.
As of Mar. 2024, Franklin Resources has a Sloan Ratio of 3.99%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Franklin Resources Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio %
For the Asset Management subindustry, Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Franklin Resources Sloan Ratio % Calculation
Earnings contain a lot of non cash earnings which is called accruals. The Sloan ratio is a way to identify firms with low non-cash or accrual-derived earnings relative to their cash flow.
Franklin Resources's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as
Franklin Resources's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 209.983 (Jun. 2023 ) + 276.884 (Sep. 2023 ) + 230.442 (Dec. 2023 ) + 114.264 (Mar. 2024 ) = €832 Mil.
Franklin Resources's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 641.393 (Jun. 2023 ) + 724.676 (Sep. 2023 ) + -230.992 (Dec. 2023 ) + 125.672 (Mar. 2024 ) = €1,261 Mil.
Franklin Resources's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was -950.598 (Jun. 2023 ) + -310.053 (Sep. 2023 ) + -126.179 (Dec. 2023 ) + -251.344 (Mar. 2024 ) = €-1,638 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Franklin Resources (FRA:FRK) Sloan Ratio % Explanation
A former University of Michigan researcher, Richard Sloan's 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones. In fact, for the 40-year period between 1962 and 2001, buying the lowest accrual companies and shorting the highest accrual companies resulted in an average annual compounded return of 18%, more than double the S&P 500's 7.4% annual return over the same period.
If the Sloan Ratio is between -10% and 10%, the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
If the Sloan Ratio is less than between -25% and -10% on the negative side, and between 10% and 25% on the positive side, this is a warning stage of accrual build up.
If the Sloan Ratio is less than -25% or greater than 25%, and this ratio is consistent over several quarters or even years, be careful. Earnings are highly likely to be made up of accruals.
As of Mar. 2024, Franklin Resources has a Sloan Ratio of 3.99%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of October 2023, Franklin had $1.335 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (31%), fixed-income (35%), multi-asset/balanced (11%) funds, alternatives (19%) and money market funds (4%). Distribution tends to be weighted equally between retail investors (50% of AUM) and institutional accounts (48%), with high-net-worth clients accounting for the remainder. Franklin is one of the more global of the U.S.-based asset managers we cover, with more than a third of its assets under management invested in global/international strategies and 29% of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.
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